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Cap

Object Number:30-3-8
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Naskapi
Barren Ground Band
Provenience: Canada
Labrador
Culture Area: Subarctic Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Caribou Skin
Paint
Credit Line:Purchased from Frank G. Speck, 1930

Description

Infant's cap of painted caribou skin. Painted star design over each ear, plus blue and red painted designs of lines and geometrics. Top seam painted ochre. Leather ties.

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Coe, Ralph T. 1977. Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art.. Kansas City. Nelson Gallery of Art. pg. 252 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 86/88View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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